The Great Horde, or Big Horde was the central principality of the Mongol-Tartar Golden Horde, the westernmost successor state of Genghis Khan's legacy. This article refers to the medieval Turkic state. ... ▶ (help· info) (c. ...
Following Timur's invasion, the Golden Horde started to desintegrate. The major principalities of Kazan and Crimea gained independence as princely khanates. Muscovy, Astrakhan, Nogay Horde and Siberian Khanate followed. The remaining territory around capital Saray on the Volga still claimed to be the legitimate khanate of the Golden Horde, but it retained neither the political clout nor the military might of the original Golden Horde. In 1502 the Great Horde was completely destroyed by Mengli Ghiray of the Crimean Khanate, by then an Ottoman tributary state. Ultimately all these Turkic polities were to fall prey to the Russian and Cossack armies. Reconstruction of Timur from exhumation of his tomb. ... Categories: Historical stubs | Former countries | Tatars | Tatarstan history | History of Mongolia ... The Crimean Khanate (Khanate of Crimea; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Hanlığı; Russian: КрымÑкое ханÑтво [Krymskoe khanstvo]; Ukrainian: КримÑький ханат [Krymskyj chanat]; Turkish: Kırım Hanlığı) was a Crimean Tatar state from 1441 to 1783. ... Muscovy (Moscow principality (кнÑжеÑтво МоÑковÑкое) to Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое КнÑжеÑтво МоÑковÑкое) to Russian Tsardom (ЦарÑтво РуÑÑкое) is a traditional Western name for the Russian state that existed from the 14th century to the late 17th century. ... The Astrakhan Khanate was a predominantly Turkic state which existed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the area adjacent to the mouth of the Volga, where the contemporary city of Astrakhan is now located. ... The Nogai Horde was the horde that controlled the Caucasus Mountain region after the Mongol invasion. ... In the 1440s, the Golden Horde was racked by civil war. ... Sarai Batu (Old Sarai, Sarai-al-Maqrus) was a capital city of the Golden Horde. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mengli Ghiray (Crimean Tatar: Meñli Giray) (d. ... The Crimean Khanate (Khanate of Crimea; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Hanlığı; Russian: КрымÑкое ханÑтво [Krymskoe khanstvo]; Ukrainian: КримÑький ханат [Krymskyj chanat]; Turkish: Kırım Hanlığı) was a Crimean Tatar state from 1441 to 1783. ...
The Horde's supreme ruler was the khan, chosen by the kurultai among Batu Khan's descendants.
In the early 14th century, the capital was moved considerably upstream to Sarai Berqe, which became one of the largest cities of the medieval world, with a population estimated by the 2004 Britannica at 600,000.
A fatal blow to the Horde was dealt by Tamerlane, who annihilated Tokhtamysh's army, destroyed his capital, looted the Crimean trade centers, and deported the most skillful craftsmen to his own capital in Samarkand.
The GreatHorde is defeated at the Battle of Chongor, in ancient Ethengar.
King Loark's GreatHorde splinters; the trolls head east, the goblins south, and the rest of the GreatHorde is driven out of the steppes into the Broken Lands and settles there.
Great harm is inflicted by both sides, and eventually the Alphatian navy retreats to the Isle of Dawn.
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